How to Make an Excavator Cake
Take the pound cake and measure 2 1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm)., Put about 1/3 of a cup of yellow frosting on the side and use the rest to cover the pound cake pieces. , Get a sandwich baggie and put the light brown frosting in it., Get the 4 mini doughnuts...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Take the pound cake and measure 2 1⁄2 inches (6.4 cm).
Cut that off and put a little frosting on the slice's end cut (what you cut off).
Frosting side down, place it on the pound cake's top; just a little to the right of the cut.
The pound cake will be the "body" of the truck, while the end cut will be the "cab". -
Step 2: Put about 1/3 of a cup of yellow frosting on the side and use the rest to cover the pound cake pieces.
, Close and zip the bag, cut a little slit in the corner, and use it as an icier.
Create windows on each side of the cab and use the chocolate frosting as an outliner. , Place 2 to 3 gumdrops on the top of the cab for lights, 2 M&M pieces for headlights, and 4 M&M pieces for hubcaps (place it in the center of each doughnut). ,, One of them, place it on the loader arms (this will be a shovel).
Outline it with decorator's frosting.
Slice a 2 inch (5.1 cm) portion from the second Twinkie.
Place it behind the truck (on the other side for the bucket). , Add yellow gumdrops for the bucket teeth.
Crush or blend the chocolate cookies and spread them around the cake to make "dirt". -
Step 3: Get a sandwich baggie and put the light brown frosting in it.
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Step 4: Get the 4 mini doughnuts and use them as tires.
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Step 5: Carefully place a Twix bar in the corner of the cab; this will be the smokestack.On the side of the body
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Step 6: closest to the cab part
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Step 7: place 2 more twix bars downwards for loader arms.
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Step 8: Take both Twinkies and use the yellow frosting on it.
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Step 9: Insert skewers inside the Twizzlers and connect the bucket to the cake.
Detailed Guide
Cut that off and put a little frosting on the slice's end cut (what you cut off).
Frosting side down, place it on the pound cake's top; just a little to the right of the cut.
The pound cake will be the "body" of the truck, while the end cut will be the "cab".
, Close and zip the bag, cut a little slit in the corner, and use it as an icier.
Create windows on each side of the cab and use the chocolate frosting as an outliner. , Place 2 to 3 gumdrops on the top of the cab for lights, 2 M&M pieces for headlights, and 4 M&M pieces for hubcaps (place it in the center of each doughnut). ,, One of them, place it on the loader arms (this will be a shovel).
Outline it with decorator's frosting.
Slice a 2 inch (5.1 cm) portion from the second Twinkie.
Place it behind the truck (on the other side for the bucket). , Add yellow gumdrops for the bucket teeth.
Crush or blend the chocolate cookies and spread them around the cake to make "dirt".
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